Àmbit_metropolità_de_Barcelona
Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona
Vegueria (region) of Catalonia
Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈambid mətɾupuliˈta ðə βəɾsəˈlonə]; Barcelona Metropolitan Demarcation), also referred to as the vegueria of Barcelona,[1][2] is one of the nine regions (vegueries) of Catalonia.
Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona
Vegueria of Barcelona | |
|---|---|
From top, left to right: La Rambla boulevard in Barcelona; Mataró port; Plaça de Catalunya station in Barcelona; Sabadell | |
| Sovereign state |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Capital | Barcelona |
| Counties | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,464.4 km2 (951.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 4,916,847 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) |
| Statistics from IDESCAT | |
Located in the centre of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range, it is the most populated region, with 4,916,847 inhabitants as of 2022.[3]
The region includes the counties of Baix Llobregat, Barcelonès, Maresme, Vallès Occidental and Vallès Oriental. Within Catalonia, it borders to the south with Camp de Tarragona, to the west with Central Catalonia and the north with the vegueria of Girona.
Its capital city is Barcelona.
The region was defined in 1987 in the Territorial Planning Laws approved by the Parliament of Catalonia.[4] It currently comprises Barcelona and its area of economic and market influence. Alt Penedès and Garraf were initially part of it as well, but were integrated into the new Penedès region in 2017.
In April 2008, the Department of Territorial Policy and Public Works of the Generalitat de Catalunya presented the preliminary draft of the Barcelona Metropolitan Territorial Plan, which delimits the areas of scenic and strategic interest that are to be preserved and aims to promote a quality road and rail network.[5]
The region's most populated cities (100,000+ inhabitants) are Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Terrassa, Sabadell, Mataró and Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
Population by county
| Counties | Population
(2022)[6] |
Map |
|---|---|---|
| Barcelonès | 2,268,056 | |
| Baix Llobregat | 828,889 | |
| Maresme | 457,583 | |
| Vallès Occidental | 940,969 | |
| Vallès Oriental | 417,265 |
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Since 1997, the region's transport is coordinated by the Metropolitan Transport Authority, with the aims of planning the infrastructure and services, managing relations with transport operators, handling the financing of the transport system and setting fares.[7]
Television
In June 1980, the town of Cardedeu, in Vallès Oriental county, began broadcasts of Televisió de Cardedeu [ca], a community television channel that would be the first channel to broadcast entirely in Catalan, as well as the first local channel in Catalonia and in the whole of Spain.[8][9]
Nowadays, the region holds TVC's studios, in Sant Joan Despí (Baix Llobregat), as well as RTVE's Catalan studios, located in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Vallès Occidental).[10]
As far as programming exclusive to the region is concerned, six different local multiplexes are active. In contrast to other regions of Catalonia, there are no local channels broadcast for the whole Barcelona region, but rather for each of its counties.[11] Below are the main television channels broadcasting in each county as of April 2024.[11]
| County | Channel name | Type | Headquarters | Multiplex | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelonès |  |
betevé | Public (Barcelona) | Sant Martí, Barcelona (Barcelonès) | TL01B |
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Televisió de Badalona [ca] | Public (Badalona) | Badalona (Barcelonès) | ||
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Televisió de l'Hospitalet [ca] | Public (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat) | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelonès) | ||
| Vallès Oriental | Vallès Oriental Televisió | Public (Vallès Oriental) | Granollers (Vallès Oriental) | TL02B | |
| Vallès Visió [ca] | Mollet del Vallès (Vallès Oriental) | ||||
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Ràdio Televisió Cardedeu [ca] | Non-profit community | Cardedeu (Vallès Oriental) | ||
| Baix Llobregat | ETV Llobregat [ca] | Commercial | Esplugues de Llobregat (Baix Llobregat) | TL03B | |
| Maresme |  |
tvmataró [ca] | Public (Maresme) | Mataró (Maresme) | TL06B |
| MarTV | Commercial | Premià de Mar (Maresme) | |||
| Vallès Occidental |  |
Mola TV [ca] | Sabadell (Vallès Occidental) | TL07B | |
| Televisió Sant Cugat | Sant Cugat del Vallès (Vallès Occidental) | ||||
| Canal Terrassa Vallès [ca] | Public (Vallès Occidental) | Terrassa (Vallès Occidental) | |||
| TL12B | |||||
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- "Idescat. Statistical Yearbook of Catalonia. Population on 1 January. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces". www.idescat.cat. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- "Wayback Machine". 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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- "Adreces i telèfons". gencat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- Vicente, Inmaculada (11 June 1990). "RTV Cardedeu, la decana". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- A.c.r (15 January 2013). "TV Cardedeu, la degana de Catalunya, en situació límit". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- "Sant Cugat cumple 40 años". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- "Database of television frequencies in Barcelona". mundoplus.tv. Retrieved 18 April 2024.